A/n: Okay so here it is, the final chapter at 12 pages long. I was originally going to go back into the past like someone was dreaming but I couldn't find a place to fit it in. hence there will be an epilogue.

Forever in Darkness: The end of her pain and beginning of love.

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Bakura was waiting for them at the gate when Seto carried her off the plane.

"Fall behind, don't let anyone know you're following me. A car will be waiting right behind my limo, get in the back seat."

He nodded silently and waited for several other people to pass him before he followed.

He was lead to a private residence just outside of Cairo.

Seto had a summerhouse there and this was where he planned to stage it all.

As he entered his room he turned to Bakura.

"Do you know how to use a camera?"

He nodded with a glare, ignoring the sarcasm in Seto's voice.

"I'll go retrieve the pharaoh now."

Seto placed her on the bed softly and sat next to her.

Reaching into his pocket he pulled out the knife and stronger sedative and laid them on the bed-table.

Reaching into the other he produced a small vile of smelling salts that he'd used to wake her the first time.

She slowly opened her eyes and stared up at him as he gently rested his hand to her cheek.

"I'm going to tie you up now. Pharaoh will be here any minute."

She nodded, closing her eyes again.

He grabbed the bag he'd brought with him and took out a sturdy rope.

Lifting her hands above her head he wrapped it around her wrists a few times before securing the other end to the intricate headboard.

She shivered as images of her dream came back to her.

She prepared herself for the shock that lay before her as Pharaoh entered the room.

They had the entire scene written out before hand but reading it couldn't begin to prepare her for the act it's self.

She opened her eyes and watched Bakura and the video camera slink around the other side, unseen by Pharaoh as he stared in horror.

Seto spoke between kisses, never turning to look.

"What's wrong? Don't you want to see me score with your ex?"

She screamed, closing her eyes tightly as Seto lifted the knife and sliced every button off oh her shirt at a frightening speed.

He leaned over, kissing her deeply as his hand slid over her stomach.

He stared down into her fearful eyes for a moment.

"I wonder if I'd like to see her squirm. Don't you have anything to say...or are you actually liking what I'm doing?"

Anzu cried out as Seto began to kiss her neck again.

"Pharaoh! Please just leave!"

Pharaoh seemed to snap out of his trance.

"That wasn't part of the deal Seto! Let her go!"

She writhed under him as he slid over her.

"Pharaoh please! He says if I give him what he wants he'll leave me alone! Just go!"

Seto was startled for a moment to see real tears forming in her eyes.

"Come on Pharaoh, I thought you cared about her. I've made her cry and all you can do is watch? No wonder she left you, if I was in your place you'd have been bloody and probably dead before you got the shirt off."

Pharaoh took a dangerous step closer and growled.

"I'm giving you one more chance to get away from her before I personally make you."

Seto smirked but his mind was screaming.

How far would pharaoh let him get?

Easy coaxing wasn't working and he really didn't want to hurt Anzu, but he was beginning to think he might have to.

He lifted the blade and cut away his own buttons, shrugging off the ruined shirt.

Anzu was actually impressed by his hidden stomach that looked rock solid.

Finally Pharaoh spoke sinisterly.

"I told you that if you took her clothes off I'd have you arrested."

This statement shocked Anzu and Seto was worried as she heaved in a deep breath, trying to keep from crying.

"You really are the one who put me through this! It really was you this whole time!"

Seto smirked wickedly as he slid his hand up her leg softly.

"Okay Pharaoh, we're going to play a game. Every time you refuse to answer a question, or answer it wrong, this knife will slide up her abdomen, and to her throat. Should I get the knife to her neck, I will slit her throat and then neither one of us will get her. If you take a step closer I'll move the knife."

He lowered the tip of the blade to just above her skirt, resting his other hand on her hip.

"Are you ready Anzu? I believe you have some questions for him too."

She shivered as she looked up into Seto's eyes and then glanced at Pharaoh.

Seto turned to look at him.

"I'd first like to know how you got pictures of my brother to threaten me with."

Pharaoh was silent until Anzu let out a startled cry.

Seto had pressed the blade against her skin.

What pharaoh didn't see was that it was with the blunt edge and posed no real threat to her.

"Pharaoh please just answer him!"

He growled as he realized he was out of options.

"It wasn't Mokuba. It was Ryou in a black wig."

Anzu stared at him in total shock as pharaoh reached into the hall behind him and tossed Ryou into the room.

He slid across the floor, right to Bakura's feet and stared up at the very angry thief king.

"He told me he'd kill her if I didn't help. He found the journal and took it from me."

He turned to Anzu, finding it difficult not to move.

"Anzu! What's going on! Are you okay?"

She closed her eyes for a moment as Seto answered for her.

"No, she's not. She's just agreed to this so I'll leave her alone but..."

He teased a finger under her chin like a cat before kissing her again.

"If I like her I might keep her."

She had a warning tone as she spoke only loud enough for him to hear.

"Seto...Don't say anything you'll regret later."

She then glared at pharaoh as she realized something.

"So it was you who shot at us!"

Pharaoh shook his head.

"Yes and no actually. I stole a gun from one of the guards. There were six rounds in it. I gave it to Ryou and placed him on the roof."

Ryou protested as he stood.

"I only fired three shots, I purposely missed and someone took the gun from me."

Pharaoh nodded.

"Of course I didn't trust you to actually shoot him. You're obsession with him prevented you from doing that. You know what else Anzu? I was the one recording everything. Every time he touched you. Every word he spoke was according to my script. I placed the tape at the door and took away the bells so Yugi would think someone on the outside had done it."

Seto raised the knife off of her skin.

"What about the phone calls? Why don't you tell my beautiful peach what happened?"

Pharaoh sighed.

"I did it to get you back Anzu! I realized I made a mistake and I can't let it be over! I love you!"

Seto lowered the blade and Anzu let out a painful scream like it had cut her.

"Pharaoh! Please don't make him hurt me anymore!"

Bakura wasn't sure if she'd really been hurt or if she was just acting but he was becoming nervous.

Ryou was also and hopped that what he was seeing was fake.

"Fine! I called him three times. I sent him the journal!"

Anzu closed her eyes tightly as Seto brushed away her tears.

"You mean everything that he did to me was what you told him to?"

He nodded.

"I wanted you to think you were in real danger."

She spoke in a whisper as Seto replaced the knife on the bed stand.

"How did you do all this without Yugi knowing?"

He sighed deeply.

"I put sleeping pills into his evening tea."

Seto stood and picked up his shirt, throwing it over her as he untied her hands and helped her stand.

Bakura took the tape out and gave it to Seto as Anzu clung tightly to him.

Without warning Pharaoh dashed forward and grabbed the knife, pulling Anzu out of his arms.

She screamed as he placed the blade to her throat.

"Anzu...I love you and I'm going to give you one last chance to return to me before I kill us both. Say it!"

She remained silent for a moment before speaking in a broken voice.

"I love you. Please let me come home."

He smiled, dropping the knife as he wrapped his arms around her waist and kissed her cheek.

"See, that wasn't so hard. Now...tell me the truth, were you sleeping with Ryou?"

She stared into Bakura's eyes, praying he would do something.

"Yes. I'm sorry. I was hurt when I found out that you had another girlfriend and I wanted to get back at you."

Bakura snarled at Pharaoh and took a step closer but he wrapped his hand around Anzu's throat.

"One more step and I'll strangle her."

She closed her eyes tightly.

"Pharaoh...do you really love me?"

He was caught off guard by this.

"Of course I love you. That's why I did all this. for you so you would love me again. I didn't want you to love him again."

Both she and Bakura looked confused.

"What do you mean again?"

He let her go and sat on the edge of the bed with a sigh.

"For a time you and I were married. We were so in love that we thought it would last forever. But then you disappeared one night...the victim of a jealous high priest."

He glared up at Seto.

"You were going to sacrifice her to bring your damn dragon to life and in one stroke take my crown and destroy my life. You were going to call me to your temple after you killed her but Bakura...the thief of all people, had seen you."

Bakura stared at him in shock as he continued where Pharaoh had left off.

"I wanted her back. It wasn't fair! First you took Kisara from me and then you took away my dragon! Was I supposed to have nothing to love!"

Pharaoh stood and Bakura swiftly pulled Anzu away.

"It's really over isn't it Anzu? These two hands are what did it. You could forgive me everything but that and I don't blame you."

Silently he aproached and kissed her sweetly before leaving.

Seto looked over at her.

"I'll send you and these two back on my jet…I'm staying here for a while."

She sank back into Bakura's arms as Seto dropped to his knees before her, taking her hands in his.

"I am forever in your debt. Should you need anything I'll provide it for you."

She nodded silently and pulled her hands free, turning to Bakura with a blush.

"Actually a shirt would be nice."

Bakura took off his shirt and helped her put it on.

Ryou came to her side and they both held her closely, Ryou whispering soothingly to her.

"Now we can go home."

She looked up at them suddenly.

"But where's Yugi? He did split from pharaoh didn't he!"

Ryou nodded silently.

Bakura backed off suddenly.

"Comfort her Ryou. Kiss her if that's what she wants, just bring her to me when you're done."

He started to leave but she took his arm.

"Bakura..."

He shook himself free and stared into her eyes.

"I see it Anzu. I know you're in love with him too. I guess that's fine. I don't mind sharing you with him..."

She couldn't find anything to say to that.

It was the truth.

She loved Ryou just as much as she loved Bakura because they were two completely different people now.

She also knew that they both loved her and she didn't want to hurt one of them by choosing the other.

He took her hand softly and kissed her fingertips.

"You'll either make up your mind one day or we'll both be with you for the rest of our lives. It's simple like that. I've said it before. I have trouble making you feel better, you need him. I am the dark and he is the light. As a creature of the light you cannot live forever in darkness."

And he walked away, leaving Ryou staring after him.

Suddenly he took her hand, staring wide-eyed at her.

"You really mean it! You do love both of us! But why?"

She smiled slightly.

"It's why it didn't work out with Pharaoh. Pharaoh is the dark and Yugi is the light. Without both to balance emotions the relationship shatters. Bakura is absolutely right. He'll kill the light in me without you."

Ryou smiled brightly and kissed her softly.

"Than let's go home now. Kaiba-san, thank you for the lift."

He nodded and stood as the two walked out hand in hand.

He sank into his bed with a sigh.

'And I lose again.'

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Anzu giggled as Bakura carried her through the door and straight up to her room.

They'd left Ryou at his apartment.

He stared into her eyes with a smirk as he set her down among the fluffy blankets on her bed.

"So mistress…what is it that you'd like to do?"

She laughed.

"Pick up where we left off with the zipper fight?"

He pouted and shook his head.

"You had way too much fun with that. Besides, you have a date in about an hour remember?"

She smirked, pulling him down closer and kissing him.

"Maybe I'll cancle."

He shook his head as he sat up.

"Ryou wouldn't shut up about it on the plane."

He smirked suddenly.

"There's always later. But what is it exactly that the two of you are doing?"

She giggled.

"That's a secret that I promised a while ago. Expect me back late."

He nodded, kissing up her shoulder and neck.

"And maybe I'll surprise you with rose petals…and candles…and you have got to stop wearing that perfume…it literally drives men crazy because I just can't resist you."

He laid down beside her, kissing her ear.

"I'm so tired right now though…you have fun okay…no cheating!"

She smirked as she turned to him and brushed her fingers through his hair.

"I'm dating BOTH of you remember, it's not cheating if you know about it…but I will say that it's more mundane than that at the moment."

He smiled softly and closed his eyes as she kissed him.

"I know. Whatever happens I'll be here waiting when you get home. Go on, get ready, he'll blame me if you're late."

She looked over at him suddenly.

"Bakura…"

He chuckled, never opening his eyes.

"Because you've got a harem started. Now quit asking me questions and get out of here so I can sleep. Country hoping at sixteen hour intervals does a number on the body…and I want to have my strength tonight or I might not be able to fight off your zipper attack."

She giggled as she leaned in close to his ear.

"You could always be ready when I get here…"

To this he just smirked as he watched her walk out, hips swaying sassily.

'I just might.'

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Ryou stood in the door as she aproached.

She took his hand and drew him backward, kissing him lightly with a playful sparkle in her eyes.

"Are you ready Ryou?"

He smiled back and nodded.

"I know where they sell journals that are really pretty."

He happily took the lead.

Anzu and Ryou picked out a black velvet covered journal and matching pens.

When they got back to Ryou's apartment they each stretched out on their stomachs next to each other on his bed and pulled out the pens and book.

Ryou kissed her softly as he looked into her eyes.

"I want to write the first entry."

She nodded and watched over his shoulder as he wrote.

'Darling Anzu…Here's to our new life together. I love you with all my heart and soul…Ryou.'

Anzu gave a happy sigh and rested her head on his shoulder as she wrote.

'Dear Ryou…I love you too. Let's snuggle.'

He smirked and wrote.

'Okay…if I can kiss you first.'

She giggled and nodded, closing the book and tossing it and the pens to the foot of the bed.

They sat up for a moment and he kissed her softly before gently pulling her down beside him and wrapping his arms around her tightly.

She closed her eyes with a smile as he kissed her ear and whispered.

"Ai-shitaru Anzu-chan."

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Anzu was only slightly disappointed to find Bakura still sound asleep exactly where she had left him but she was just as tired if not more.

She climbed into bed next to him and covered them before closing her eyes.

In his sleep he smiled and wrapped a strong arm around her, mumbling something about revenge and she wraped her arm around him.

'No more revenge my love, he'll be gone for a long time…'

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a/n: stay tuned for an epologue and maybe a teaser to a sequel…though if I'll actually get that done I'm not sure. Thanks to all my readers, ja!